Bacteriology — Flashcards

Haemophilus influenzae is able to colonize the _____ tract due to IgA protease (virulence factor)

All Clostridia are gram _____, spore-forming, obligate anaerobes

Hint: ...and shape

_____ make up the middle layer, or cortex, of a bacterial spore

_____ Agar is used to grow H. influenzae

_____ is found on the surface of group A strep (streptococcus pyogenes)

Hint: what virulence factor

_____ synthesizes the superantigen Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 (TSST-1)

_____ E. coli is associated with the O157:H7 serotype

_____ is an obligate intracellular bacteria that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

_____ show twitching motility

_____ is the only Staph organism that is coagulase +.